Ethnicity and time to institutionalization of dementia patients: A comparison of Latina and Caucasian female family caregivers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1077-1084

  Mausbach, Brent T ^a   Coon, David W ^a,c   Depp, Colin ^a   Rabinowitz, Yaron G ^a,d   Wilson Arias, Esther ^a   Kraemer, Helena C ^a,b   Thompson, Larry W ^d   Lane, Geoffrey ^d   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Institute on Aging   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's caregiving; Caregiving appraisal; Cultural values; Latino issues; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042841609     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52306.x     Document Type: Article

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